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Arla Foods has signed a memorandum of understanding with Nigeria’s Kaduna state government to develop dairy farming in the state. The scheme involves the state offering land to farmers while Arla Foods will buy, collect, process and market the milk …

A new 10,000m² shopping center has opened in Ben Aknoun, west of Algiers. The new mall’s anchor tenant is the Bia Market supermarket, an Irish-Algerian joint venture. The mall has parking capacity for 400 vehicles and features a food court, as well …

DHL has added a further 13 countries to its ecommerce shopping platform, Africa eShop to bring its total coverage to 34 countries. The service, which launched in April 2019 in 11 countries and increased coverage to 20 in May 2019, …

Bruno Pietracci, president of The Coca-Cola Company’s South and East Africa business unit (SEABU), has outlined plans for an investment of $1bn in the region over the next five years. He has said that “Coca-Cola believes Africa will be a very …

In an announcement that will surprise nobody, Choppies has confirmed it will exit Kenya, one of its key expansion markets. It has reportedly laid off 200 workers in anticipation of selling its 12 remaining stores. Choppies will also exit Tanzania, …

German fragrance and flavour manufacturer Symrise has announced it is setting up its own application labs in Lagos. The company already has a sales office in Nigeria. The facility will report into South Africa and work on flavours for soft …

Tumaini owner Sokoni Retail Kenya has been given the go head by Kenya’s Competition Authority to acquire a majority stake in supermarket chain Quickmart. The two chains will be merged under the Quickmart name in a deal which will see …

Dole Asia and its parent company Japan’s ITOCHU Corp have partnered with the International Finance Corporation to invest $40m in a pineapple farm and processing plant in Sierra Leone. The company has concluded a Memorandum of Understanding with the Sierra …

Cargill is investing $120m to expand its cocoa grinding plant in the Micao industrial area of ​​Yopougon. The investment means manufacturing capacity of cocoa products such as cocoa powder and cocoa powder will rise from 110,000 tonnes to 170,000 tonnes …

Quickmart has opened its 11th supermarket, its flagship store, on Waiyaki Way in Nairobi. The new store rolls out new premium, fresh food concept designed to appeal to a more upmarket consumer base. To date, Quickmart has generally been considered …

Spinneys has opened a new 4,100m² hypermarket in the Mall of Tanta, in Egypt’s Gharbeya Governorate. The new store has a 15 year lease and is the company’s 14th outlet in Egypt and will compete directly with Carrefour’s Tanta hypermarket. The …

SPAR Cameroon has opened 3 new “Express” convenience store outlets in Yaoundé via a partnership with fuel retailer Ola Energy. The new stores mean that Spar now has 6 stores in Cameroon and has opened its first stores in Yaoundé . …

Dis-Chem, the leading South African pharmacy chain, has reported that sales grew 13.5% to R9.9bn ($646.7m) in the first five months of its 2020 financial year to end July, due in part to better wholesale revenues, which account for two …

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) has bought a 60% stake in Eswatini Beverages. The remaining 40% will be owned by Sovereign wealth fund Tibiyo Taka Ngwane. The company will be known as Eswatini Coca-Cola Beverages (ECCB) and become a subsidiary of CCBA. CCBA …